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PROFESSIONAL & INDEPENDENT
COST & CONTRACT ENGINEERING ADVICE
Charter Quantity Surveying offers professional and independent cost and contract engineering advice on a wide range of building and civil engineering projects.

Our service covers advice at every stage of the development, construction and ownership cycle, to developers, architects, project managers, engineers, financial institutions, building owners and property investors.

We are dedicated to providing construction cost and contractual advice which achieves the best possible balance of time, cost and quality. By controlling cost during the design, development and construction phases, we are able to mitigate construction cost risk for our clients.

Charter Quantity Surveying liaises and works closely with the firm's other business units enabling us to provide a comprehensive service to our clients.

Charter Quantity Surveying is recognised and accepted on the quantity surveying panels of most major financial institutions in Australia.
Services
Specialist quantity surveying, cost and contract engineering services include:

  • Construction cost estimates and cost plans
  • Project feasibility estimates
  • Construction cost verification and cost to complete reports
  • Evaluation of designs to ensure conformity with budgets, including advice on alternative forms of construction
  • Advising on contractual procurement methods
  • Preparation of tender documents including Bills of Quantities and Schedules of Rates
  • Preparation of letters of awards and contract documentation
  • Tender evaluation, negotiations and recommendations on award of contracts
  • Assessment of contract variations and claims
  • Evaluation of works completed for progress payments, variations, claims and final accounts
  • Insurance replacement cost estimates
  • Project audits
  • Property tax allowance schedules
  • Life-cycle costing and sinking fund schedules for owners corporations
Project types:

  • Civil
  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Health & Aged Care
  • Hospitality & Tourism
  • Residential
  • Retail